Dirigible head-lamps for vehicles.



C ADAMS. DIRIGIBLE HEAD LAMPS FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.8| 1914.

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tal er-airliners HEELS ADAMS, QT? HOLSTEIN, IQ'WA, ASSIGNGR i3 GEE-HALF T0 PETER SCHNGOR, 0F HGLSTEIN, IDW'A,

DIRIGIBLE HEAD-LAMPE FOR VEEIYCLES,

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Specification of Letters Patent.

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Application filed August 8, 1914. Serial Ito. 8255,8271.

To o'ZZ 20710721 it may concern:

Be it known that l, Cumulus Aniirs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Holsteinin the county of Ida and State of Iowa, have invented certain new anduseful improvements in Dirigible Head-Lamps for Vehicles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to-the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in dirigible head lamps for vehicles, and an object thereof is the provision of a simple and efficient means for automatically turning the head lamps of a vehicle when the steering wheel is turned, to always have the rays of the lamps disposed in the path of the vehicle whether the same is proceeding in a straight line, or rounding a curve.

Another object of this invention is the provision of dirigible head lamps which are turned simultaneously with the steering wheels of the vehicle, the lamps being operatively connected with steering post, so that the may he turned without any lost motion? Vt ith these and other objects in view, my invention consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure .l is a side improved device; 11 thereof; and Fig. 3 1 showing the manner of operatively connecting one of the lamp supporting posts with the transverse operating shaft.

Referring more particularly to the draW- ing, the numeral 1 designates a portion of the'fraine of an automobile or similar vehicle, and 2 the rotatablesteering post to the upper end of which the steering wheel 3 is connected, Secured to the frame of the ve hicle are vertical brackets in which vertical posts 5 are rotatably mounted to which the lamps 6 are connected, and secured to levational view of my 2 1s a top plan view each post 5 intermediate of its ends is a segmental gear 7. Formed in the brackets 4 in transverse alineinent with the gears Z are recesses 8 to provide seats to receive the ends of z thorizontal bar 9, which is provided at its ends on one face thereof with'teeth 10 which mesh Withthe teeth of the gears 7.

Connectcdto the frame between the lamps,

is a Unhaped bracket it which is disposed vertically, and mounted atone end in the bracket intermediate of its ends and in other end in the frarne is a rotatable shaft 11 upon which a gear wheel 12 is keyed, the bar 9 extending through the bracketbelow the gear wheel 12, and the bar having a series of teeth 13 upon its upper face which mesh with the teeth of the gear wheel 1:2. Connected by a knuckle 1% to the inner end of the shaft 11, is an operating shaft 15, the inner end of which is rotatably mounted in a bracket 16 connected to the steerin post 2, andnaounted on the inner extremity of the shaft Within the bracket is a pinion 17 which meshes with the pinion l8 keyed upon the steering post 2.

In the practical use of my improved device, the parts thereof are-connected so that the lamps are disposed to throw their rays directly in front of the vehicle when the steering wheels are arranged in a straight line, so that upon rotation of the steering post, the lamps will be rotated to point in the same direction as the wheels, tation of the steering post 2 by the manipulation of the steering wheel 3, the shafts l1 and 15 are rotated by reason of the meshing of the pinion 17 on the shaft 15 and the pin on 18 on the post, the gear wheel 12 carried by the shaft 11 serving to slide the bar 9 transversely of the vehicle by reason of the engagement of the teeth of the gear wheel with the teeth 13 on the bar. It will be seen that the ramps 6 are simultaneously ro tated as the bar 9 is moved from one side to the other by reason of the meshing of the teeth 10 on the ends of the bar with. the gears 7 on the posts which carry the lamps, and as the lamps are operatively connected directly with the steering post, it will be seen that upon a slight turning of the ste ring post the lamps will also be turned, as no lost motion is possible owing to loose connections, as frequently occur in dirigible lamps which are operatively connected to the stub axles of the vehicle Having thus fully described my invention, what I desire to .lairn and secure by Letters Patent is 2- 11. A device of theclass described includ-'- posts segmental gears formed upon the intermediate portions of the posts, a U-shaped bracket supported by the frame, a barmovable through the bracket, rack teeth at each end of the bar adapted to engage the segmental-gears, a shaft rotatanly mounted within said bracket, a gear wheel carried 'tliereb and teeth formed upon the upperface 0 the bar adapted for engagement with gear wheel whereby upon rotation'of, s

the the aft, the bar will be recip'rocated to' rotate the lamps.

2. A device of the class described including the frame of a vehicle, U-shaped brackets supported upon opposite sides thereof at its front end, vertical posts rotatably mounted within said brackets, lamps carried by said posts, segmental gears formed upon the in- Y r 1,134,089 v termediate portions of the posts, a U-shaped bracket supported by the frame, abarmovable through the bracket, ra'ck teeth at each end of the bar adapted to engage the segmental gears, a shaft rotatably mounted within said bracket, a gear Wheel carried thereby, teeth formed upon the upper face of the bar adapted for engagement with the gear wheel, and means connected with saidsha'ft whereby to rotate the same and impart reciprocating movement to the bar to rotate 

